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ONS'IME THIAULT, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification lof Letters Patent.

Application filed January 19, 1905. Serial'No. 241,775.

.Patented ec. 5, 1905.

To tZZ whom, tn/ay concern.-

Be it known that I, ONsIME THIBAULT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident .of Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State 5 of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Truck, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to trucks, and more particularly to those adapted-for handling heavy rolls-such, for example, as those of paper employed upon printing-presses. Its principal obj ectsare to provide such a device which will be stron and compact and upon vwhich objects may e readily rolled, instead' of requiring to be lifted, and then conveniently moved about.. i

R ference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specificaindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of my invention, a portion of a roll 'being shown supported thereon. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view ofthe truck. F1g. 3- is a and Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the 4 4 of Fig. 8.

A designates an elongated frame comprising a platform 10, in which is a recess 11', ex-

5 longitudinal section on the line 3 3 of Fig 2 ine of the platform is a downwardly-inclined portion 12, these inclines vdiverging from the platform. Depending from the platform and these end portions at each side are flanges 18, preferably having their lower edges lying in the same planeas the extremities of the end portions.' Extending across the frame between the anges are pairs of cross-bars 14 and 15, situated near each. end of the platform. Between these cross-bars lie longitudinal strengthening-ribs 16, connecting the bars l5 15. All these elements constituting the frame are conveniently cast integrally from some such metal as iron. A

Situated longitudinally of the frame .and near its sides are shafts 17 17, lying in grooves 18 in the cross-bars, they preferably being supported upon the bars 14 by lrneans of plates 19, securedA to the under side .of the bars by screws 20 and having upwardly-projecting arms 21, which may contact with the ends of the shafts to prevent longitudinal movement. The within the bars 14 are shown as squared, fit- 55 ting similarly-formed recesses in the bars and plates vand being thus maintained against.

tion, in which similar characters of reference.

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tending transversely'thereof. At each end portions of the shafts turning. Rot'atable about the shafts between the bars 14 and 15 at each end are rolls'v l22, which preferably operate upon some such antifrictiondevices as interposed rollers 23. Washers 24` may be placed between the rolls Vand arms to furnish smooth and renewable contact surfaces. The rolls are preferably of such diameter that they extend ybut slightly below the plane of the lower ends of the inclines and bottom of the flanges, thus bringing these elements into close proximity with thel supporting-surface over which the rolls operate. 1

In use the objects which are to be handled may be rolled u eitherof the inclined portions of the plat orm into itsrecess, in which they remain cradled. The truck may then be easily moved by pushing upon theend of the. roll and readily swung 1n any direction by pressing laterally of the roll, this'being facilitated by the arrangement of the supporting-l rolls and enabling the truck to turn in avery small area, it substantially pivoting about a vertical axis situated at the center of the re The structure is adapted to bear considerable loads, it being strengthened bythe Y connecting-flanges between the platform and the inclines and by the. longitudinal ribs, which act as girders extending beneath-the point of greatest load.

If itis desired to employ my improved truck lfor handlin such objects as barrels,

the recess in thel p atform may be depressed y at its center vto furnish a proper resting-place therefor, and it will be obvious that many other changes may be made and still be within the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I l

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent- 1. A truck comprising an elongated platform having a transverse recess, inclined'end portions leading from points in proximity t0 thesupporting-surface to-points above the recess, and supporting-'rolls journaled beneath the platform.

l2. A truck comprising an elongatedv platform having a transverse recess, inclined end portions leading from points in proximity to the supporting-surface toward the recess, and supporting-rolls journaled beneathv the platform and rotatable ina-planes extending transversely of said platform.

A truck comprising a platform, crossbars depending therefrom, ribs connecting the cross-bars, shaftsl mounted upon '.the

cross-bars, and rolls rotatable about the l form and its end portions, and supportingshafts. f rolls journaled beneath the platform between 4. A truck comprising a platform having the Hanges. i a recess, cross-bars depending from the plat- In testimony whereof I have sighed my I5 5 form, ribs connecting the cross-bars and ex` naine to this speeilieation in the presence of' tending beneath the recess, shafts mounted two subscribing witnesses. upon the cross-bars, and rolls rotatable about ONSIME THIBAULT the shafts.

5. A truck comprising a platform having Witnesses: V1o downwardly-inoli11ed end portions, a depend- ALFRED R. LANGLAIS, ing flange formed integrally with the plat- HUBERT LEGARE 

